J.s. Staedtler Gmbh & Co.

Anke Müller

Stefan Engel

Manuela Geis

A pigmented ink for printing on untreated vinyl foils or substrates coated with vinyl by means of piezoelectric printing systems which include at least one heating device, wherein the ink is composed of a liquid carrier substance, water insoluble coloring agents, polymeric binding agents, drying decelerators, as well as additional additives, wherein the liquid carrier substance is composed of water and drying decelerators which are mixable in water. The liquid carrier substance has a content of at least 80% by weight water and the content of drying decelerators is composed of at least butyldiglycol and 1-metaxipropanol-2, and the ink has a pH-value of greater than 8.5.

Ink and method of using the ink

An ink base for producing pigmented inks having a water base contains a drying retarder and a pH adjusting agent. The drying retarder contains at least diethylene glycol, 1,6-hexane diol, and pentaerythritol. The pH adjusting agent (PH) contains at least one amine. The ink base contains at least 30.0-95.5% by wt. diethylene glycol; 3.0-40.0% by wt. 1,6-hexane diol; 0.01-3.0% by wt. pentaerythritol; and 1.5-15.0% by wt. amine(s).

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